by Blake Rudis | Sep 25, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
You’ve seen the review… now the ParticleShop Tutorial Earlier this week I posted my review of ParticleShop and today I’ll show you the ParticleShop Tutorial. While this plugin does have its limiting factors it can produce some rather interesting...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 15, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Showing off my workflow in the Topaz Labs Zone System Webinar This will be the 17th Webinar with Topaz Labs, I have come a long way since the first one. However, it feels like yesterday I was siting in front of my Mic, shaking inside. Literally, if you listen hard...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 8, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
The Artist’s Eye – The Intro to the Artistry I am working on a new course as I write this. It is called The Artist’s Eye and is a topic I have been dying to discuss for a while. The catch with this course, no photo post processing, not like you are...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 4, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Are you an HDR Photography Hypocrite? It happens all the time. The conversation goes something like this: Fellow Photographer: So you Like HDR Photography, Blake? Me: why yes I do, I am an addict. Fellow Photographer: I don’t like HDR, it looks horrible. Me:...
by Blake Rudis | Sep 1, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Are of Field Mice and School Children (from the 1800’s) The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas A few weeks ago I ventured out to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas to do some epic photography. Clearly we all go out in hopes of epic...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 28, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Topaz ReMask 5 Not Just for Photoshop Anymore! Topaz ReMask 5 is the latest addition to the Topaz Labs line of programs. While it used to be a powerful Photoshop Plugin, it now acts as an impressive standalone program. This is not surprising as Topaz Labs has been...
by Blake Rudis | Aug 18, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
I C1, I C2 … what do I C those two doing?!?! Some cameras have these wonderful custom buttons on them and they are cleverly labelled… C1 and C2 for the Canon. Often times we overlook them and even sometimes fail to add anything to them for the fear of...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 14, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Photography is a lot like a bad relationship sometimes Last month the family and I went on a trip to Maine to attend a friends wedding and make a little vacation out of it. It was a great time to just hang out with the family with very limited internet connection and...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 7, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Yosemite Photography Workshop – May 2016 It has been nearly 5 years since my last visit to Yosemite. I was very young in my blogging and photography career and newly married to Sarah. We went on a quick vacation one weekend as it was only a 4 hour drive from...
by Blake Rudis | Jul 3, 2015 | f64 Academy News |
Dodging and Burning is not just a Photoshop thing! I will be the first person to advocate that Dodging and Burning is the most powerful technique we have in our arsenal as Digital Artists to make incredible images in Photoshop. These techniques can be used to add...
